King Kong Tribute Thread (THE REAL KING KONG!)

[mikelcho]

Except that movie didn't end up getting made so it doesn't make any sense now. Ebirah is objectively a Godzilla monster and has more history with Godzilla than Kong.

I strongly disagree with that logic. Ebirah def has more history with Godzilla, but it's not on the same level as monsters like Ghidorah or the rest of the Big 4. So he isn't purely constrained to Godzilla, as I doubt many people outside of hardcore fans would be like "oh no, Ebirah MUST be a Godzilla monster only". Ebirah totally fits as a Kong monster, regardless of the history.

But no one outside of hardcore fans has any idea that the Kong vs. Ebirah movie was ever considered, and therefore only hardcore fans would see any sense in making Ebirah a Kong enemy. And only a handful of those fans would care; isn't EHOTD considered bottom-tier trash by most of the fandom?

I can't say anything about most of the fans, but as for me - well, I've said it before and I'll say it again, you never forget your first time.

[ArtMaker]

Some fan art of mine I thought I’d share.

https://www.deviantart.com/artmakerprod ... -906673099


Inspired by the “If Disney Made A King Kong Film” video by BigJackFilms and HewyToonmore over on YouTube.

[Thatguy4683]

Any News on the Kong Skull island lately?

[edgaguirus]

Absolutely! I think that's what they're setting up with Camazotz though, which is equally awesome!

As a recurring foe, Camazotz would drive Kong batty.

[DynomikeGojira]

Any News on the Kong Skull island lately?

The anime or the unrelated most likely scrapped live action series that I'm bummed about.

[JAGzilla]

I'm watching the TV cut of Scream Factory's King Kong (1976) Blu-ray right now. My second viewing of the movie; first was at least a decade ago. It's good so far. John Barry's score is excellent, that was one of the few things I remember from that first viewing. There are some very nice visuals, too. I'm at the point where they come ashore on the island now, and some of these shots are beautiful.

EDIT: Kong himself is okay. The suit looks good enough for the time, and the effects overall are mostly convincing. Kong's rape faces are hysterical and would take me out of the movie, but Dwan is just as goofy as he is, so it all goes together.

The log scene was pretty poorly done, unfortunately. The set wasn't convincing at all, and didn't look anything like the rest of the island. And I don't know if it was just my Xbox or what, but there was a bizarre glitch during that scene where Kong was trying to reach Jack, and then the opening credits suddenly started playing again. I fast forwarded and rewound a few seconds, and then it played normally. Really weird.

EDIT: And I'm done. I probably won't watch the TV cut again anytime soon... I do like the slow pace overall, but it does start to drag a little by the end, and some individual scenes like the plane dropping supplies or Kong smashing the gate felt awkwardly drawn out. It probably works a lot better in its theatrical runtime.

As a Kong movie, it definitely has plenty of value for its many unique aspects; it's just really interesting to have a big budget American giant monster movie made at that particular point in time. It's probably the weakest of the three versions of the original story, though. The original was a masterpiece for its time, and then '05 basically took a lot of the things '76 did well and improved on them, although of course it does get bogged down in its own problems.

[Mr. Yellow]

Does anyone know the definitive release of the 90's Kong series. There seem to be two versions of. I obviously want the most complete one.

[Mr. Yellow]

New Kong comics coming...wish it wasn't Dynamite

https://www.comicon.com/2022/07/20/sdcc ... rtainment/

[Legion1979]

What's wrong with Dynamite?

[Jomei]

I unboxed an old Peter Jackson era Kong shirt and am adding it to my workout and casual hot weather wear rotation

#MyDiary

[Major sssspielberg!]

There's a new Kong show coming to Disney+... from James Wan. It sounds like Kong has gone public domain? The series has involvement from the Cooper estate.
I'm not very intrigued. James Wan is close to the bottom of my barrel as far as hot ticket directors these days. Could be a pleasant surprise, though.

[LegendZilla]

What would it take to make a truly great Kong film? By that I mean right up there with the original.

[Legion1979]

For a whole slew of reasons, no new Kong films is ever going to compare with the original.

[JAGzilla]

^ It simply can't, given that the original was such a groundbreaking special effects achievement for the time. Today's movies are all about huge, flashy effects, and we're fast approaching the limit of how impressive they can be. It's just not possible to replicate the original significance.

[Major sssspielberg!]

I think of the recent Planet of the Apes films, which for my money, are the most incredible use of CG in the last decade, moreso even than Avatar. If a Kong movie had been made with that kind of attention to story and FX work, then maybe we could have had one that came close to the original's significance.

[eabaker]

^ It simply can't, given that the original was such a groundbreaking special effects achievement for the time. Today's movies are all about huge, flashy effects, and we're fast approaching the limit of how impressive they can be. It's just not possible to replicate the original significance.

Not just groundbreaking effects, but perhaps even more broadly influential was its stunning musical score.

[ArtMaker]

I think the Peter Jackson film came pretty close, personally.

[Legion1979]

I think the Peter Jackson film came pretty close, personally.

........it did?

[ArtMaker]

It was a well done tribute that honoured the original, at least.

[SpiderZilla]

It was a well done tribute that honoured the original, at least.

I had the same thought. I also think Peter Jackson did a better job of adding depth to the Ann Darrow character than the original film in which she was mostly portrayed as a damsel in distress.